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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Did you know you can just… buy canapés to eat while you lesson plan for the week

Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two of my class’s texts so far this semester have focused on the importance of naps and I think that’s Very Good Praxis.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We are but two weeks into the semester and, between the writing center, tutors, and classes, at no point have I been caught up on grading.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My article on Winter’s Tale and The Lady’s Tragedy is online! It’s the idea that made it out of the group chat: this article builds on conversations I had @memsunikent.bsky.social about bodies in performance, & in the #WTWatchParty during COVID lockdowns, & now it’s out in the world! #EarlyModern

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

All of my students did the reading and while it is only our second day of class, I am choosing to believe this is a “start as you mean to go on” situation.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In typical fashion, I remembered this week that I also needed to enroll. (It took 5 minutes! Do it and come to Atlanta with me!)

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

There’s a big project that’s been on my to-do list for 47 weeks, according to Google Tasks, because I’m short-staffed and constantly having to re-prioritize, BUT! Today my student worker and I finished it and it’s OFF THE LIST!

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Saw an ad for a protein supplement from 1899 today, so unfortunately nothing has changed

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John Gallagher @johnrgallagher.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm telling you: if you like someone's book or article, straight up email them that. It'll make their day. There are not enough compliments in academia.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I need this reminder, you probably need this reminder, we all need this reminder

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

So incredibly depressing to sit through a product demo and hear that we should be excited to build a “history tutor” bot for use with an LLM, because how else will we help students engage in productive struggle on demand? I run the Tutoring program.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My brain is in summer mode but the to-do list on my desk has not gotten the memo

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

All These Articles Reference A Big Change in the Nineteenth Century, But No One Will Say What Caused That Change: the musical

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Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Today and every day, the SAA celebrates the study of Shakespeare's works, times, contexts, and afterlife. Happy 462nd Birthday, Shakespeare!

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Every semester, I gently impress upon new student staff that if we are supplying food or treats for an event, there will be an allergy-friendly option available. I hate that they’re still so surprised that I actually mean it.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Excited to announce that two colleagues and I have been awarded an Academic Exploration Grant to examine how generative AI might be thoughtfully and ethically incorporated or refused in writing-oriented classes. I look forward to collaborating with them (and our students) on this project!

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Switching to Zoom phone at work hasn’t made a noticeable difference in “productivity,” but there has been an increase in the volume of spam calls 🤨

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Both of the required faculty/staff training modules I have to do this month have AI voiceovers that sound unnatural and stilted, so I’m commenting “important information, but I wish we had a real person behind this video instead of AI!” on each one

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The #Shax2026 DJ is sooooo much better than Boston - immaculate energy, 10/10

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Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Thank you to our #Shax2026 panelists, Chelsea Lee, Anouska Lester, and Matthew Walsh, for a fabulous #NextGenPlen!

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Matthew Walsh has given me a GREAT new phrase for Snug in his #NextGenPlen paper at #Shax2026. (Snug is both tolerated lodger and beloved pet, captive and companion.)

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

What a great screening of ‘Acting’ at #Shax2026, following a Cheek by Jowl rehearsal. I loved its discussion of the question “Can you over-rehearse? You can over-anything if you remove it from human experience”

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

When your undergraduate advisor gets to introduce you to her undergraduate advisor and you get to be three generations of Shakespeareans at #Shax2026 🥰

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I had the best time in Silence on Stage #Shax2026 — such a wide-ranging discussion of the connections between all of our papers! We covered the plays we wrote about, the plays we’ve been thinking about, & the plays that we would write about now (by way of Monty Python and Reduced Shakespeare, obvs).

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

If anyone wondered why I am the way that I am, my mother and I both pulled out copies of Paradise Lost to read on the way to #Shax2026.

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content

“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

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CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

CfP for our Annual Colloquium! This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'. We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs. Deadline: 7th April Full details below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

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CfP: Periodizing the Early/Modern - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog

Call for Papers for the Annual CEMS Colloquium. This year’s theme is periodizing the early/modern. The CfP deadline is 7th April. The Colloquium will take place on 11th June.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Looking forward to reviewing this one!

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Can’t wait for all the people who followed me for such important posts as “I like bread” and the controversial “here are some books I read” to learn that I’m a Legitimate Academic™️ who will live-post all of #Shax2026

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

You have just about 24 hours left to view the @nationaltheatre.org.uk production of The Importance of Being Earnest for free on YouTube! It is an absolute delight and I want everyone to watch it! (Do it! Right now!) youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8?...

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The Importance Of Being Earnest (Full Show) | Take Your Seats | National Theatre at Home

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I shared my review of Atrocity and Early Modern Drama when it was first published online in September, but the full issue of English Studies is out today! Check out my review below and go read the (very good) book as well! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I’m not even teaching this semester and spring break has helped my resting heart rate drop by 4bpm

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 05/03/2026

Kristi Noem being fired, if that is in fact what happens, will not get to the root of the problem, and it’s putting all the blame on a woman. That said it shows that Trump still cares about being embarrassed and humiliated. We do have power, even if it doesn’t feel like it all the time.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

What just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*. In March. Imagine November. I broke it down here: open.substack.com/pub/objectio...

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Objection: What Happened in Dallas County Was Not a Glitch

What happened in Dallas County tonight should scare the hell out of you.

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Amy Lidster @amylidster.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Are you a PG student or ECR interested in presenting at our conference ‘Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750’ in June? Bursaries to help with expenses are generously funded by @srsrensoc.bsky.social, so please send us your abstract by 14 March! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...

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Call for Papers

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

To Do List: - make PowerPoint for staff meeting - read article for faculty small group - push the Bread Agenda online - grant proposal meeting - ruin the environment by driving to my local bakery - pay homage to Big Bread

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I had such good bread at lunch today on campus that I am planning my entire day tomorrow around driving to the bakery to get more.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/02/2026

I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval — both 5 Calls can help you make the call: 5calls.org/issue/iran-i...

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Classic Auntie Anna bookstore trip today.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

What I’m learning is that y’all have way more confidence in my abilities to remember calculus than I do. Please, sirs, I am but a lowly Shakespearean with a strong understanding of the liberal arts

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Thank god for white men, otherwise I, a woman in academia, would not know that the academic job market was so bad.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

When I finished my PhD, I thought that maybe someday I would get to supervise a project on early modern drama or literature and it would be so cool and gratifying. Fast forward to today, when I am supervising a project on developing mathematical literacy??? Life is funny.

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Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Anyone with expertise in 19th century stationery? Asking for a friend

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Weekend plans: bake cookies, read the Nicomachean Ethics, palate cleanse with this month’s Wisconsin Reads book club title.

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Rep. Greta Neubauer @repgreta.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I want to take a moment to recognize the countless people who fought for and won postpartum Medicaid expansion in Wisconsin. This win means that women in our state will keep their healthcare for a full year rather than 60 days after giving birth. This win will save lives.

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Check out our list of conferences and call for papers on research about the Medieval and Early Modern Eras: 1. CFP: Conference on John Milton memorients.com/events/cfp-c... 2. CFP: Shakespeare Across Centuries: Reception, Resonance, and Reinvention memorients.com/events/cfp-s... Thread continues:

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A lesson in knowing your audience: yesterday, I told a bunch of STEM students that I learned how to change the folder colors in our new LMS and they smiled politely. Today, I told a bunch of education students that I learned how to change the folder colors in our new LMS and they clapped.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Doing a tech review with the kids during staff meetings this week and one item on our checklist was to log in to discord, check their channel access, and upload a photo of their pet(s). I knew my evil plan had worked when one student who wasn’t even in the meeting dropped 17 cat pics.

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